Re: Re: Cautionary note about Ferritin....

[Guest guest]

By your CBC (Red blood cells etc) and by an iron panel.

How did you know you were anemic?

Claudene

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> this discussion of ferritin has  been very interesting.   i notice way

> back to 1993 i was anemic on my blood tests.   the doctors always said

> it was no big deal and many women have it.   i wonder if this is true or

> whether being anemic for years and years tore my health down.

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[Guest guest]

By your CBC (Red blood cells etc) and by an iron panel.

How did you know you were anemic?

Claudene

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> this discussion of ferritin has  been very interesting.   i notice way

> back to 1993 i was anemic on my blood tests.   the doctors always said

> it was no big deal and many women have it.   i wonder if this is true or

> whether being anemic for years and years tore my health down.

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[Guest guest]

I would get a CBC, Iron Panel and repeat Ferritan. 

what are the exact names of the tests I need to ask for from the doctor to see my entire iron profile?

Claudene

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> > > Hi Birdy

> > > Yep I was the one with the really high iron. I did get the ferritin up to

> > 59, so it did raise a bit from 21, but of course so did everything else,

> > hence the high iron numbers!

> > > I was taking around 200 mg of iron a day split into a few doses. At the

> > time I thought that was why I had the RT3 problem (still might have been the

> > reason).

> > > It is hard to know if I should supplement at all now.

> > > Liz W

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